I’m having a host of computer-related problems with VMS9 in both editing and rendering. None of them stays but they all recur at some time or another, making production of my editing project very, very frustrating.
I’m running Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit, dual core 2.4 Gig with 4 GB RAM. I am importing 1280 x 720 pixel .mov videos and still photos into a project that will probably end up being about 30 minutes in length. I hope to render it to a DVD. I’m using the template HDV 720-30p (1280x720, 29.970 fps). I learned fairly early that my still photos were way too huge for VMS9 to handle them so I’ve reduced all of them to max 800 pixel size (thanks, forum!) and that solved one problem.
Okay, now the current difficulties. Especially as the project got longer, it would freeze up in the editing process. Other times it will just shut down and seemingly disappear. Sometimes it would do this when I tried to review the project and sometimes when manipulating images. As a result, I saved a new vf file after every few edits, figuring I could go back to the last good save if the program crashed. When I would have a difficulty, however, and tried to go back to the last good save, the program would still crash – even back 3 or 4 saves. The same thing happened if I restarted the computer. Sometimes, inexplicably, it will start working again. Sometimes not. Only one time did it give me an error message with details. The rest of the time it would just freeze and I would have to use the task manager to shut it down. Many times, after the program has shut down by itself, the task manager will show the program still operating in the background (?) and using as much as 1 meg of memory. When I shut it down again via the task manager, it goes away for good.
I tried to render a project early on just to see if I could do it. Every time, it would freeze with about 11 per cent of the project done. I was unable to import these partial renders into VMS9.
It seems like some kind of memory issue but I also worry if my processor is fast enough. I’ve read about the 2GB gap fix but not sure if it applies in this case and I’m reluctant to do it unless I have to. I tried running the program as administrator and in XP mode but that hasn’t seemed to help.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
I’m running Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit, dual core 2.4 Gig with 4 GB RAM. I am importing 1280 x 720 pixel .mov videos and still photos into a project that will probably end up being about 30 minutes in length. I hope to render it to a DVD. I’m using the template HDV 720-30p (1280x720, 29.970 fps). I learned fairly early that my still photos were way too huge for VMS9 to handle them so I’ve reduced all of them to max 800 pixel size (thanks, forum!) and that solved one problem.
Okay, now the current difficulties. Especially as the project got longer, it would freeze up in the editing process. Other times it will just shut down and seemingly disappear. Sometimes it would do this when I tried to review the project and sometimes when manipulating images. As a result, I saved a new vf file after every few edits, figuring I could go back to the last good save if the program crashed. When I would have a difficulty, however, and tried to go back to the last good save, the program would still crash – even back 3 or 4 saves. The same thing happened if I restarted the computer. Sometimes, inexplicably, it will start working again. Sometimes not. Only one time did it give me an error message with details. The rest of the time it would just freeze and I would have to use the task manager to shut it down. Many times, after the program has shut down by itself, the task manager will show the program still operating in the background (?) and using as much as 1 meg of memory. When I shut it down again via the task manager, it goes away for good.
I tried to render a project early on just to see if I could do it. Every time, it would freeze with about 11 per cent of the project done. I was unable to import these partial renders into VMS9.
It seems like some kind of memory issue but I also worry if my processor is fast enough. I’ve read about the 2GB gap fix but not sure if it applies in this case and I’m reluctant to do it unless I have to. I tried running the program as administrator and in XP mode but that hasn’t seemed to help.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.